This Mexican Rice is a delightful one-pot meal. It is an easy recipe and can be customized easily for individual preferences.
I love Mexican rice for its delicious spicy tomato kick. It pairs very well with any protein and guacamole.
Often, I add about any vegetable that I find in my fridge including broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, beans and so on.
This rice tastes good even when it is not hot hence making it ideal to pack in lunchboxes or make large batches of and store.
You may also like: coconut rice, lemon rice, tomato rice, vegetable tehari recipe, mint pulao.
You can also try this interesting Korean spam fried rice recipe.
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Mexican Rice Recipe
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Take oil in a pan and heat. Toast rice in olive oil on low flame for about 2-3 minutes till it is golden brown.
- Make sure you don't do it too vigourously. This keeps the rice nice and separate once cooked.
- Add chopped onion and garlic to the pan and continue to fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Add tomato puree, corn, minced jalapeno and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Add the stock. Add salt, cumin powder and pepper. If using any other vegetable, add here.
- Lower the heat and cover. Cook for about 10-15 minutes till the rice is well cooked but not mushy.
- Serve hot after garnishing with chopped cilantro and fluffing the rice a bit using a fork.
- Mexican rice is ready to serve. It is so delicious on its own. Serve with a protein of choice and salad.
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This simple recipe of Mexican rice will become a hit at your home. It does not take long to cook or much prep. So what are you waiting for? Do try this recipe.
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Shailaja V says
That looks very tasty. Any rice dish has my vote usually because it's easy to make and put together especially in a hurry. 😉 Yes you know my 'fondness' for cooking.
I do think I shall try this with sweet corn and capsicum. Soon. (After that garlic potatoes recipe though) 😉
Rachna says
Trust me, I prefer no-slog recipes too. ? Hope you like the recipe.
Megala says
Looks so beautiful & delicious !
Rachna says
Thanks Megala. ?
the bespectacled mother says
The image in this post made me wish if the dish can come out live for me to eat. It looks tempting. But my fate. It is not a vegetarian dish and sona masoori rice is not available here. Everywhere I see there is only basmati rice available.
Rachna says
I love how the pic came out too. ? This one was veggie actually. I used water and not chicken stock for this. And you can use any short grained rice. Did you check Indian groceries? Otherwise try with basmati. ? It's simple. You will like it.
Soumya Prasad says
So easy to make and this looks so delicious! I'll load up on the spice when I make this one 🙂
Thank you for the recipe, Rachna.